Auto-Repair Shop In A Box Ready For Africa!

UPDATE - August 20th, 2010

This morning, the Auto-Shop-In-A-Box was picked up from it's home in Oakville, and is now on it's way across the Atlantic to Burkina Faso.  After a year and a half of planning, collecting donations and fundraising on the part of Glenn Colling of Eastside Auto Service, all of his hard work has paid off!  Thank you so much to everyone who helped make it possible.  And we will keep you posted about it's arrival and use as we go forward.

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Take one 40 foot container and imagine one side of it hinged so that it lifts up to provide access to the whole container. Now imagine that the inside of the container is equipped with a workbench complete with all the tools and machines necessary to repair and maintain all the makes of cars, trucks, vans, motorbikes you can think of. Now imagine shipping that container overseas to Burkina Faso where not only do youth from the Village of Hope receive vocational training but where local vehicle owners can get their vehicles serviced thus providing an income generating opportunity for the school.

This project, coined the Auto-Repair Shop In A Box, is the vision of Glenn Colling of Eastside Auto Service in Oakville, ON.  For 2 years he has been planning and equipping the shop, and it is almost finished.  Glenn's vision has nearly become a reality, for the benefit of the children of and community around the Village of Hope.

The last step in completing this project is to raise the necessary funds for shipping.  The total amount we are looking for is $25,000 and we have almost raised half of it already! If you would like to help with these costs - and we really need you to - please click the "Donate Now" button and go to "Auto-shop in a box" on the drop down menu. Remember, you're not shipping a container overseas, you're giving a young person a career and providing others with an education.